單詞
gilded
英 ['ɡ?ld?d]
美['ɡ?ld?d]
基本信息
- adj. 鍍金的，裝飾的；富有的
- v. 給…鍍金（gild的過去分詞）
TEM4低頻詞
英文詞源
- gilded (adj.)
- 1560s, past participle adjective from gild (v.). Late Old English had gegylde; Middle English had gilden (adj.). In modern use the more dignified past participle of gild, alternative to gilt. Shakespeare's lilies were never gilded; the quote ("King John," iv.2) is, "To gild refined gold, to paint the lily." Gilded Age as an era in U.S. history (roughly 1870-1900) is from the novel "The Gilded Age" by Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner, published in 1873.
雙語例句
- 1. The holiest of their chapels are topped with gilded roofs.
- 他們最神圣的教堂屋頂鍍了金。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The Lord Mayor follows at the rear in his gilded coach.
- 市長大人坐在他闊氣的馬車?yán)镌诤竺娓?/dd>
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. The golden light gilded the sea.
- 金色的陽光使大海如金子般閃閃發(fā)光。
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
- 4. " Friends, they are only gilded disks of lead! "
- " 朋友們, 這只不過是些鍍金的鉛餅!
來自英漢文學(xué) - 敗壞赫德萊堡
- 5. Who would not grieve upon a gilded chair?
- 誰不愿意坐在鍍金的椅子上傷心 呢 ?
來自英漢文學(xué) - 嘉莉妹妹
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